Deadly
Earnest
in
Sydney
IAN
BANNERMAN
Last revised: August 05, 2011.
IAN BANNERMAN played the the role of Deadly Earnest on TEN-10, as the "Dead-Pan Ghoulie". Ian also released a record "Rave In Peace".
Steve
writes:
Ian Bannerman in Sydney wore short hair, with sidies I think, and
black horn-rims and looked like an undead 'mod' with a blackly
delineated cleft in his chin.
The opening credits for the shows I saw had Deadly and another
party careering around the corridors (of TEN10, I assume)
carrying a casket between them. I don't know the name of the
musical piece that accompanied the opening, though I could hum it
in a second, and it used to turn up on ads for stock-car racing
and so on for years after. It was probably a piece of orchestral
'stock'.
On the LP, his
support band was called "The Grave Situation". The painted cover art
showed Deadly and three other 'performers': Dracula, Frankenstein,
and a werewolf. A schoolmate had it and we used to sit around
playing it on one of those tiny portable turntables belonging to
another mate's sister.
The songs included, "Sunnyside Up
Crematorium Blues", "Screaming Mimi's Death-O-Teque" and a song about Jack The Ripper
with lyrics like
"His
name's Jack, and he hacks and he hacks, (Hacks, and Hacks),
His name's Jack and he hacks in the Backs, (Hacks and Hacks),
Hacks In The Back Streets Of Foggy London Townnn ....."
Yes I know it's tragic that memory cells in the head of a 42-year-old
should still be taken up with this stuff, but being monster-oriented,
this LP was COOL, and we played it a LOT. So I became
quite brainwashed....
The Insider remembers that in the
mid 70s, Ian worked at the ABC in Gore Hill as a Program
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Many thanks to Chris Keating and Steve Mc. for all their various input. Any fans out there like to contribute more information on Ian Bannerman ? WebMaster |
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